Frederick glasscoe anderson



, (No Model.)

P.'G. ANDERSON. .HAY RACK LOADER AND UNLOADER.

No. 495,952. Patented Apr. 25, 1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK GLASSOOE ANDERSON, OF FORT MOLEOD, CANADA, ASSIGNOR OFONE-HALF TO HARRY I-I. WHITE, OF SAME PLACE.

HAY-RACK LOADER AND UNLOADER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 495,952, dated April25, 1893.

Application filed August 22, 1892. $erial No. 443.754- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERIcK GLAsscoE ANDERSON, of Fort McLeod, (NewOxley P. 0.,) Northwest Territory, Dominion of Canada, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Hay-Rack Loaders and Unloaders,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to appliances for loadin g racks or receiving-frames upon the reaches or runningears of hay-wagons, and the like andalso for un-loading such racks from said running-gears.

The objects of my invention are to produce a hay-rack loader which shallbe simple, durable, strong, and inexpensive in construction, andperfectly effective in operation, and which shall entirely avoid theexcessive labor heretofore necessary for loading racks upon theirrunning-gears, and for unloading such racks from said gears.

To the above purposes my invention consists in certain peculiar andnovel features of construction and arrangement, as hereinafter describedand claimed.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will proceed todescribe it with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hay-rack loader embodyingmyinvention; the parts being in position to receive a rack from a reachor running-gear. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the loader; the figureshowing a rack upon the outer ends of the receiving-arms of the loader,and showing also, in dotted lines, the rack upon the inner or rear endsof the receiving-arms of the loader.

In the said drawings, 1 designates two vertical posts which are driveninto the ground,

and which rise therefrom to a suitable height,-

these posts being parallel with and precisely opposite from each other.

2 designates two other vertical posts which are also driven into theground, a suitable distance back of the posts 1 and which are parallelwith and also precisely opposite from each other, and each of'which isin alignment with one of the posts 1. The posts 2 are taller than theposts 1 and at its upper end each of these posts 2 is formed with avertical slot 3, for a purpose to be presently explained. Each of theposts 2 at one side of the frame, is connected to the corresponding post1 by a horizontal brace 4, one end of said brace being bolted, orotherwise suitably secured to the outer side of the upper end of thecorresponding post. 1, and the opposite end of which is similarlysecured to the outer side of the corresponding post 2, at a point aboutmidway of the length of said post, or slightly below the lower end ofthe slot 3 of the post. The two posts 1 and 2 at each side of the frameare also connected together by an oblique brace 5, one end of which isbolted or otherwise securely attached to the lower end of the post 2 andthe opposite end of which is similarly secured to the upper end of thepost 1.

6 designates two vertical posts which are driven into the ground atpoints precisely opposite each other, and each of which is locatedimmediately in front of one of the postsl, at a suitable distancetherefrom. Each post 6 is connected to the post 1 at the correspondingside of the frame by an oblique brace 7 one end of which is bolt-ed orotherwise securely attached to the lower end of the post 1, and theopposite end of which is similarly secured to the upper end of the post6. Each post 6 is also braced forwardly by an oblique brace 8 the upperend of which is bolted or otherwise secured to the upper end of the post6, and which extends forward and downward from said post; the lower endsof these braces being inserted obliquely into the ground, as shown.

9 designates the pivotal receiving bars or arms of the device, thesebars or arms being of such length as to extend rearwardly from the posts1 to the posts 2, and forwardly from the said posts 1 a distance greaterthan the distance from the posts 1 to the posts 6; the arrangement beingsuch that the bars or arms 9 shall normally rest at their forwardportions upon the upper ends of the posts 6, and thus normally inclinedownward, and forward, as shown in solid lines in Fig. 2. The upper endsof the posts 1 are reduced, as at 11 and enter longitudinal slots 10,one of which is formed in each of the bars or arms 9, while receivingbars 9. The rack will thus be car- 1 ried over and upon thereceiving-bars 9 and will slide upon these bars, and thus be lifted offof the front end of the running-gear or;

reach. As soon as the front end of the rack reaches the posts 2, thewagon is stopped, and

the front end of the rack is pulled down, depressing the rear ends ofthe bars 9 and correspondingly elevating the front ends of said bars,owing to the pivotal mounting of the bars '9. This elevation of thefront ends of the bars '9 lifts the rear end of the rack from i thereach also, and brings the rack in horizontal position clear of thereach or running- 7 gear. The wagon is now drawn out from beneath theframe, leaving the rack upon the bars '9, the rear ends of which descendand rest upon the lower ends of the slots *3. In

order to again load the rack upon the reach or running-gear, the wagonis backed under the right-hand ends of the bars 9 until the rear bolsterof the wagon comes under the usual niche in the rack. The front ends ofthe bars .9 are then depressed allowing the rack to drop upon the rearholster of the reach. The wagon is now backed entirely through the spacebetween the bars 9, so as to draw the rack ofi of the bars 9, andallowing it to drop upon the front bolster of the reach or running-gear.The cross-bar 13 is, of course at such a height from the ground as willread- 40 ily permit the reach or wagon to pass beneath it.

From this description it will be seen that I have produced a hay-rackloader and unloader which is simple, strong, durable, and inexpensive inconstruction, and easy to operate, and also very rapid in its operation,and which avoids all of the excessive labor heretofore involved inloading and unloading hay racks from reaches or running-gears.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A hay-rack loader and unloader, comprising a pair of vertical oppositelydisposed pivotposts having reduced upper ends, a pair of oppositelydisposed vertical posts of greater height than the pivot-posts andvertically slotted at their upper ends, and also located a suitabledistance to the rear of the pivotposts,a number-of braces connecting thepivotposts with the rear posts,.-a pai-rof oppositely disposed verticalposts located a suitable distance in front of the pivot-posts, andshorter than said pivot-posts, and also connected to the pivot-postsbysuitable braces, and a pair of oppositely disposed parallelreceiving-bars each slotted to receive the upper ends of thepivot-posts, and entering at their rear ends the slots in the rearposts, substantially asset forth.

In testimony whereof Iaflix-mysignature in the presence of twowitnesses.

FREDERICK GLASSOOE ANDERSON.

Witnesses:

N. SHAW, J. H. WRIGLEY,

